Wild (2014)
A woman named Cheryl with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail. WILD incredibly captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddens, strengthens, and ultimately heals her.
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July 14, 2016
Reese Witherspoon makes a strong case for the best actress Oscar.
June 07, 2016
For all of the trouble 'Wild' takes to get into Strayed's head, you'd think they might've drafted filmmakers with a little bit more experience living in a place like that.
June 05, 2016
Modern hiking is a secular cousin of the pilgrimage; it heals through hardship, loneliness, silence, and beauty. The very fine 'Wild' depicts one woman's inner transformation.
October 07, 2016
Nick Hornby's script feels a bit uneven, with a few too many whispery voiceovers, but Witherspoon's temerity carries the day.
January 05, 2015
Witherspoon et al have done justice to Strayed's story.
May 11, 2017
Despite all of its faults, Wild engaged me on a purely emotional level [...] I truly believe its heart is in the right place. When it connects emotionally, the tears you will shed are well-earned.
December 18, 2014
Wild may sound like a film about redemption, but it's more about learning to live with what you can't control - and accepting what you can control, which is sometimes just as difficult.
January 05, 2015
There's neither cinematic majesty to the vistas (and I saw the movie on a very big screen and sat very close to it) nor intimacy to the ground that Strayed treads.
August 10, 2016
Vallée's film is all about Reese, who's in every scene and visibly loses weight as her trek continues. What a wonderful performance.
January 05, 2015
If nothing else, Wild offers a first-rate advertisement for the purifying abilities of the great outdoors.
December 18, 2014
What do you do when your heroine is tough but emotionally hurt, bright but glib, grown but immature? Make a film about her that is both painful and uplifting.
October 14, 2015
It captures an emotional memoir without making it feel like a didactic tale of triumph over adversity.
